Romney wins in American Samoa
By The Associated Press, Associated Press
Mar 14, 2012 12:41 AM CDT

Mitt Romney has won the Republican caucus in American Samoa, picking up all nine delegates.

About 70 Republicans in the U.S. territory located 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) south of Hawaii met in caucus Tuesday. The six delegates selected at the meeting and three superdelegates to the Republican National Convention all said they would support Romney.

Falemao M. Pili, vice chairman of the local Republican Party and a delegate, says he believes Romney can fix the U.S. economy that extends to American Samoa. He says Romney can "turn this country around."

Last weekend, Romney captured all 18 delegates at caucuses in two other U.S. possessions in the Pacific _ Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Like American Samoa, residents of those islands are U.S. citizens but are not allowed to vote in the presidential election.